Springer Essays on Sustainability and Management: Emerging Perspectives (India Studies in Business and Economics)

This book offers a comprehensive overview of sustainability and management in India and through its insightful essays highlights the complex and multifaceted nature of sustainability as a concept. It also demonstrates the debates surrounding the concept of sustainability and its ramifications for ground-level practice in managing organisations and for public policy. The contributions from sustainability enthusiasts, practitioners from disparate fields and academics working at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, have been divided into five themes: (1) sustainability as a normative concept; (2) sustainability concept at the global level, (3) sustainability practices in Indian organisations and consumer behaviour; (4) sustainability, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility and (5) sustainability: a critique of organisational practice and government regulation. The themes reflect both new and continuing issues confronting management in the country today. Examples and in-depth studies make it relevant to the grounded reality in India. The expertise and experience of the contributors ensure that readers are left with a grasp of our current understanding of how sustainability is related to society and business, the direction this understanding will take in the future. Review “It brings together sustainability enthusiasts, students, instructors and practitioners from disparate disciplines of academics working at the Indian Institute of Managements … who have engaged with each other to determine the direction of future research and make recommendations on policy on sustainability in practice. … gives an excellent literature review of sustainability-related concepts in each section which can be reused.” (Basanth Kommadath, Decision, Vol. 44, 2017) From the Back Cover This book offers a comprehensive overview of sustainability and management in India and through its insightful essays highlights the complex and multifaceted nature of sustainability as a concept. It also demonstrates the debates surrounding the concept of sustainability and its ramifications for ground-level practice in managing organisations and for public policy. The contributions from sustainability enthusiasts, practitioners from disparate fields and academics working at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, have been divided into five themes: (1) sustainability as a normative concept; (2) sustainability concept at the global level, (3) sustainability practices in Indian organisations and consumer behaviour; (4) sustainability, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility and (5) sustainability: a critique of organisational practice and government regulation. The themes reflect both new and continuing issues confronting management in the country today. Examples and in-depth studies make it relevant to the grounded reality in India. The expertise and experience of the contributors ensure that readers are left with a grasp of our current understanding of how sustainability is related to society and business, the direction this understanding will take in the future. About the Author Runa Sarkar is a professor at the Economics Group, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta. She has been working in the field of corporate environmental behaviour and sustainability for over a decade and has also published in this area. She, along with Prof. Anup Sinha of IIM Calcutta, is the co-author of a book titled “Another Development: Participation, Empowerment and Well-being”, published by Routledge in early 2015. She has recently submitted a short manuscript on “Environment Business and Institutions in India” to be published as part of the Oxford India Short Introductions series published by OUP. She is interested in market-based solutions to environmental issues and is on the board of CTran as well as Basix Consulting and Technology Services, which are leading environmenta